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Congratulations to all of the hard working individuals who worked on these projects! A lot of blood, sweat and broken keyboards must've been shed. ;)

Nice to see "Iron Man 2" and "Inception" up there. Obvious choices, in my opinion.. "Harry Potter" and some great stuff too. Huh. "Hereafter" must've had some *really* great stuff in it to make it to the finals. (I haven't seen it yet, so I can't make an informed decision). But I'm really shocked that "Tron Legacy" didn't make it as one of the finalists. I thought for sure that it would've edged out "Alice in Wonderland".

And of course, YAY for "Iron Man 2"! :D

I predict the winner to be..."Inception"! But any film here deserves the win.

@vfx fan: Are you counting "Transformers" *not* winning in 2007? Or simply films that should've been *nominated*, but weren't? I'd say that "Transformers" loss was the #1 snub (if you're counting nominations-but-not-wins). As for "SW III", 2005 was a tough year and the nominees were ALL worthy contenders in my books ("Narnia", "Kong", "WotW"). Any of those could've been snubbed and it would've been disappointing. :) "Harry Potter 4" could've also been considered in 2005. Too bad the 5 nominees-thing didn't come in until this year. Then maybe "SW III" and "Transformers 2" could've received nominations. :( But yes, it is rather sad that "Tron Legacy" didn't make it farther. Snubbed indeed. I was really surprised that it didn't get more technical nominations as you pointed out, plus Original Score. :(

RE : "Alice" : It is nice to see the SPI guys get a nomination since "Superman Returns" in 2006. I thought for sure that "Alice" might be passed over based on 'negative 3D points' and all, kind of like "The Last Airbender" and "Clash of the Titans".

RE : "Inception" : Oh, but remember, it's not QUANTITY of VFX, but QUALITY. :) "Inception"'s VFX were great, even if they were (relatively) limited.

In short, every film and every individual up there deserves the nominations. Lots of hard work was displayed. :)

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